Toronto's Market Gallery exhibition profiles the Ontario Black History Society

City of Toronto Media Relations has issued the following:

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Media Advisory:  January 31, 2014

 

Toronto's Market Gallery exhibition profiles the Ontario Black History Society

This evening, Councillor Pam McConnell (Ward 28 Toronto Centre-Rosedale) will launch a City of Toronto's Market Gallery exhibition featuring the Ontario Black History Society and will present to representatives of the society a framed copy of the City's annual Black History Month proclamation.

Date: Friday, January 31

Time: 5 to 6 p.m. Remarks at 5:30 p.m.

Location: St. Lawrence Market, South Building, 95 Front St. E., second floor

The Ontario Black History Society successfully petitioned the City of Toronto in 1979 for a proclamation recognizing February as Black History Month. Toronto, the first Canadian municipality to proclaim Black History Month, has issued the proclamation annually since then.

The Market Gallery's exhibition on the Ontario Black History Society runs from February 1 to April 19. More information is available at http://www.toronto.ca/marketgallery.

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Media contact: Shane Gerard, Strategic Communications, 416-397-5711, sgerard@toronto.ca